Our drive today included the Badlands National Park, SD. It is the largest expanse of protected prairie ecosystem in the National Park system.
It is very interesting to view beautiful rock formations, prairies and trees at the same time. As we rounded a sharp turn, we saw a large field covered with low mounds of dirt, and before I could even ask about the holes in those mounds, the little guys popped right out to look around. They were prairie dogs…..too cute, but too fast to photograph.
The road through the Badlands ended in Wall, SD, home of the famous Wall Drugs. Curt had explained to us earlier that this was not really a “drug store”. Well, one of its many stores within the complex did sell pharmaceuticals, but there were countless t-shirt, souvenir, leather good shops, etc., not to mention food, drink and ice cream. Ivan and I each had a “first”. He had a buffalo burger and I had a buffalo dog. They were good, but I’m not sure they were that much different from beef. Anyway, we can say we’ve had the Wall Drug experience.
Fifty miles down the road, we again took different directions. Curt and Yvonne had an appointment to have one of their air conditioners replaced and spent the night at the repair station. Ivan and I arrived at the campground 18 miles from Mt. Rushmore where we will be for four nights. 
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